Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 5, 2002Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2002, 6:41 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2002, 6:41 PM MDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2002, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 691 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1259 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS55 KPUB 060041
FFWPUB
COC099-060330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
640 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
  THE WOLF CREEK...GRANADA CREEK...AND PLUM CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS OF 
  SOUTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER AREAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL 
  PROWERS COUNTY WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN.  RUNOFF 
  FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL REACH NORTH TO THE ARKANSAS RIVER IN THE 
  GRANADA AREA LATER THIS EVENING.

IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH WATER. YOU NEVER KNOW HOW
DEEP THE WATER REALLY IS. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FROM DRAINAGE
DITCHES AND SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER.

LAT...LON 3800 10219 3767 10235 3771 10260 3808 10245

4 follow-up statements

000 
RWUS32 KPUB 060140
FFSPUB
COC099-060330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
740 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FRIDAY 
EVENING FOR PROWERS COUNTY...

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 6 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
IN THE WOLF CREEK...GRANADA CREEK..AND PLUM CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS OF 
SOUTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUE TO MOVE 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL.  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FAST FLOWING ABOVE 
BANKFUL HIGH WATER...AND COUNTY ROAD EROSION AND WASHOUTS IN SOUTH 
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY.  FLOODING WATERS WILL FLOW 
DOWNSTREAM IN WOLF...GRANADA...AND PLUM CREEKS CAUSING FLOODING OF 
LOW LYING AREAS UP TO THE GRANADA AREA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING SINCE 7 PM.

BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF
NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP
CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR
ALONG CREEKS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.

LAT...LON 3804 10218 3794 10215 3778 10233 3764 10262
          3790 10256

000 
RWUS32 KPUB 060235
FFSPUB
COC099-060330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
835 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FRIDAY 
EVENING FOR PROWERS COUNTY...

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF PROWERS 
COUNTY...BUT LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE CENTRAL PART OF 
PROWERS COUNTY...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 6 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN 
FELL SINCE AROUND 6 PM.

FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE WOLF CREEK...GRANADA 
CREEK...AND PLUM CREEK DRAINAGES...AND COUNTY ROADS MAY HAVE BEEN 
WASHED OUT.  WATER SHOULD BE RECEDING THROUGH 930 PM IN CENTRAL 
PROWERS COUNTY...BUT THE ABOVE DRAINAGE BASINS SHOULD EXPERIENCE 
RAPID RISES IN WATER DOWNSTREAM TOWARD GRANADA AND HOLLY. 

BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF
NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP
CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR
ALONG CREEKS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.

LAT...LON 3805 10222 3777 10236 3766 10270 3793 10255

000 
RWUS32 KPUB 060256
FFSPUB
COC099-060315-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
855 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FRIDAY 
EVENING FOR PROWERS COUNTY...

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS NO LONGER IN PROWERS COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...PROWERS COUNTY DEPUTIES REPORT THAT WOLF CREEK...NORMALLY 
AN INTERMITTENT CREEK...WAS 40 YARDS WIDE AT HIGHWAY 19 IN CENTRAL 
PROWERS COUNTY.  RAPID RISES IN WATER WILL OCCUR DOWNSTREAM TOWARD 
THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND GRANADA THROUGH 930 PM.

BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF
NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP
CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR
ALONG CREEKS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.

LAT...LON 3808 10218 3780 10232 3765 10262 3796 10251

000 
RWUS32 KPUB 060335
FFSPUB
COC099-060330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
930 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR PROWERS COUNTY 

HAS EXPIRED.

WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN AT NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS IN WOLF 
CREEK...GRANADA CREEK...AND PLUM CREEK UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  IN 
ADDITION...COUNTY ROADS WILL HAVE SOME PONDING OF WATER.

MOTORISTS ARE ASKED TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON COUNTY ROADS...AS SOME 
LOW SPOTS MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT.

BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF 
NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP 
CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR
ALONG CREEKS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 
ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.

LAT...LON 3805 10219 3766 10248 3767 10268 3806 10245

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 7:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Baca	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2002 Every flash flood warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.